Published date: 28 April 2022

Last edited date: 24 May 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 May 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

    • Economic research services - 79311400

    • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

    • Business and management consultancy services - 79410000

    • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

    • Business organisation services - 79996000

    • Health services - 85100000

    • Miscellaneous health services - 85140000

    • Community health services - 85323000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-100-3668-QU569

Published date

28 April 2022

Closing date

27 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

30 May 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Council requires an organisation with experience / expertise to undertake qualitative research on the food system to aid the creation of a healthy food economy. This tenderer will utilise paid community researchers as apprentices and train them in qualitative research (i.e. semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and participant observation) to upskill apprentices.

The successful organisation will deliver this project with community researchers, who will initially observe the lead researcher conducting focus groups and then lead at least one focus group under supervision of the lead researcher over the course of the study period. They can also undertake participant observation and semi-structured interviews with focus group participants following training by the lead researcher.

The provider will lead the delivery of 10 focus groups (see below) with food businesses in East Birmingham. These focus groups should aim to reach seldom heard voices and participants should be diverse in terms of age, ethnicity and cultural background, and socioeconomic demographics.

The 10 Focus groups should include representatives from:
o Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
o Independent businesses
o A diverse range of culturally-specific food offers
o Fast food and hot food takeaway shops (this should include Indian, Chinese and pizza takeaways as a minimum as these are the three most popular takeaway providers in Birmingham, according to the
Birmingham Food Survey. Fish and chips, fried chicken, and burger takeaways should also be included).
o Food retail including local independent/franchise convenience stores, markets (if existing in location), large supermarkets, and cultural food retailers

The 10 Focus groups will explore:
o Barriers to provision of healthy affordable food (examining topics such as supply chain, consumer demand, decision-makers in the business, beliefs, cost of food, perception of food etc.)
o The food system workforce to establish where people are recruited from and what skills, knowledge, and training they have/receive. This may involve asking whether the workforce would have the skills
to deal with certain scenarios such as how to ensure a salad stays fresh (scenarios can be designed by the researcher).
o Potential gaps in skills and knowledge that can be filled.
o Key actions that can be co-produced to support food businesses to provide healthy, affordable food.

This contract will be for a period of up to 4 months commencing June 2022 until September 2022.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details...

More information

Links

Additional text

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk